Chapter 668 Before the War
Although Gu Nanxi intends to block the news, the fact that Anwu County was captured by Gu Nanxi was still spread.
As soon as Li Aotian led his troops to Suining County, he received a quick report and sighed: "I'm still one step late after all."
Suining County is a military town.
Kong Wei, the chief magistrate of Henan County, led the old, weak, sick and disabled army. After arriving in Suining County, he was busy reorganizing the army until the first results were achieved in the past two days.
After Kong Wei learned about the current situation of Henan County and Guangde Mansion from Li Aotian, his heart seemed to be fried crispy when it fell into a oil pan.
"General Li, can Lord Xie do it?"
Li Aotian rushed on his way for many days, and his face looked tired.
Since Duke Yun has taken Anwu County, they don’t have to rush on the road like this.
"Come on! Set up a camp and repair it on the spot!"
Li Aotian took out the treasured map and pondered for a long time: "In the Henan County, we can only believe in Lord Xie. You don't think about returning to help. The road is blocked by heavy snow in Henan County. Even if you are in a hurry to march back, it is too late. What's more, can your soldiers still withstand the winter marches?"
Li Aotian explained Kong Wei’s deep thoughts in his heart in one sentence.
Kong Wei was speechless because what Li Aotian said was true.
No matter how much he was thinking about Henan County, without the orders of the officials, he could not dispatch troops privately. He just hoped that Ding Ze could last a few more days and wait for Xie Yunzhang's reinforcements.
Kong Wei calmed down and focused on how to resist Duke Yun and preserve Guangde Mansion: "Mr. Li, Anwu County has fallen into Duke Yun's hands. Which county do you think she will head to next?"
Anwu County is the canal transport hub of Guangde Prefecture. Through the Jinsha River, they can easily reach the other four counties.
The carbon basin in the camp suddenly made a slight sound, and the charcoal became a little redder again.
Li Aotian took off his armor, and his strong body stretched his robe to bulge.
"Duke Yun's attack on Anwu County was an assault act. He only used eight building ships, which means that her troops were no more than 4,000. If the casualties in the siege battle were removed, it would take at least 3,000 people to stay in Anwu County, so there were only less than 1,000 soldiers left."
Even, there are very likely to be less than 500 people!
Kong Wei was puzzled: "Shuozhou, can't Yunzhou send troops here?"
Li Aotian chuckled: "Why do you think the war-capable soldiers are the leeks in the field? One crop is cut and another crop is cut. Don't forget that over the past year, Duke Yun has been fighting continuously. If Duke Yun had not had prestige in Yunzhou, another person would probably be dragged down by these wars!"
Just like Emperor Yang of Sui, the foundation of his rule was shaken because of the wars everywhere, which caused damage to national strength and public grievances.
This is also one of the reasons why today's officials always want to take action against Duke Yun.
After Duke Yun went north to the decisive battle, the Zhou court thought that her strength was damaged, so he wanted to take the opportunity to suppress her.
Unexpectedly, Duke Yun was tough and took Shuozhou directly.
When everyone thinks that Duke Yun is not good, she takes down Hezhong Mansion like a zombie!
The officials believe that the Duke of Yun’s troops will be almost finished this time!
As a result, Duke Yun's counterattack became even more fierce, and he actually fought on both sides, and fought against Guangde Prefecture and Henan County at the same time!
What made her shocked was that she actually achieved such great results.
However, Li Aotian's judgment is the same as that of the official family. There must be not many soldiers in Duke Yun who can use them to conquer wars.
Not to mention how much casualties will be caused by fighting so many battles, just saying that the rule of such a large territory is definitely not something that can be achieved by talking or personal prestige. Force, indestructible force is the basis for rule!
Ding Ze thought something: "According to this, Duke Yun will definitely not come to attack our Suining County and Jianping County."
Li Aotian nodded in agreement: "That's right! Duke Yun's intelligence has always been quick. She must know that the court will send troops to defend Kyoto. She has never fought a war that she was unsure. She either defended Anwu County and fought steadily. Even if she wanted to fight, she would only choose the weak Xuanzhen County!"
Kong Wei suddenly realized and felt that Li Aotian’s inference was too correct! He is worthy of being the Longwu General who is deeply trusted by the government!
He is indeed capable, and Kong Weixin is convinced.
"In your opinion, what should we do?"
Li Aotian: "Our enemy is Duke Yun, no matter how cautious it is, it is not an exaggeration! Therefore, our defense must be layer by layer, and we must not make a rash move! Don't worry about the gains and losses of a city. If you drag Duke Yun to Guangde Mansion for the first half of a year, we will succeed."
Compared with the Great Zhou, Yunzhou is not as good as the Great Zhou in terms of its foundation, resources and accumulation.
Li Aotian’s purpose is to drag Gu Nanxi into a protracted battle, relying on comprehensive strength and time to force Gu Nanxi to withdraw his troops!
When the next spring comes, Duke Yun will have to send someone to plow the spring plow?
She has so much more land, and how can she grow it with refugees alone?
In every war, if the troops claimed to be 300,000, of which 150,000 are civil servants, most of these civil servants are farmers on the ground.
Li Aotian absolutely does not believe that the Yunguo Guild gave up the spring plowing for Guangde Mansion!
If she really gives up, it's better.
Yunzhou's foundation is too thin. Without spring plowing, the food cannot be self-sufficient. At that time, as long as the Great Zhou Dynasty cut off its business path, Yunzhou will naturally fall into crisis.
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Li Aotian and Kong Wei discussed overnight how to arrange defense lines and prevent Duke Yun from moving south!
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Anwu County.
Li Mingde was very worried: "Godmother, do you really plan to bring only three hundred soldiers to Xuanzhen County?"
Gu Nanxi's slender fingers surrounded the horse whip, and his expression was as relaxed as if he was not going to attack the county town, but was going to travel around the mountains and rivers.
"Anwu County is an important nail we nailed to Guangde Prefecture. You must make it firmly nailed here! We rely on Anwu County to advance, attack and retreat, and defend, and Li Aotian dare not act rashly."
Gu Nanxi repeatedly emphasized the importance of Anwu County to Li Mingde. Li Mingde focused his attention: "Anwu County is here, I am here! Anwu County is dead, I am dead!"
Gu Nanxi smiled: "It's not that serious. We can win it once, and we can win it the second time! You are much more important than Anwu County."
Hearing this, Li Mingde felt warm: "Godmother, the court sent Li Aotian. With his understanding of you, he must know that you will attack Xuanzhen County next. Otherwise, you might as well bring more soldiers, right?"
Li Aotian and his godmother had a relationship, and they must know their godmother better than others.
However, there is no father and son on the battlefield, let alone this love.
Li Mingde didn't think his godmother would show mercy to Li Aotian's subordinates because of this. He was only worried that Li Aotian would use conspiracy!
Gu Nanxi turned over and patted Li Mingde's head: "We don't have many people at first. Once I leave, some ghosts will definitely appear in Anwu County. Don't show mercy. In the chaos, you should use the important dictionary!"
"Yeah! I understand."
After Gu Nanxi handed Anwu County to Li Mingde, he led 300 troops to Xuanzhen County.
At the same time, in order to motivate the soldiers, Li Aotian sent his son Li Shaoyan to Xuanzhen County in person!
After Li Shaoyan arrived at the county town, he immediately took over the defense of Xuanzhen County and was ready to go!